Meat-tenderer



J. T. OAKES. MEAT TAENDBRER. l

Patented Nov. 21,1893.

(No Model.)

, No. 509,323.l

' zen of the United States, residing at Williams- Ifo 'UNITED STATESlPATENT OFFICE. u

JOSEPH T. oAKEs, CF WILLIAMSBURC, KENTUCKY.

- MEAT-TENDERER.;- j

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentpNo. 509,323, dated'November 2 1, 1893.

l Application filed March '7, 1893.V SerialNoE 464.965. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Y

B e it known that I, JOSEPH T. OAKESa citiburg, in the county ofWhitleyand State of 'Kentucky, have invented a new and usefulMeat-'lenderelg of which the following-is a specification.

This invention relates to ,meat tenderers, and has for its object tosimplify and cheapen the construction of devices of this character,

. and to overcome many objectionable features of prior devices for thesame purpose.

With these ends in view, the invention consists' of the constructionandarrangement of suitable nature.

2 are beveled rearwardly, as at 5, to permitV the parts thereof as willbe more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

' In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a meat tendererembodying my inventiou. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on theline Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section taken through thecenter of one of the rollers. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation view ofone end of the machine, showing in full and dotted lines the tensionspring resting upon the uppermost roller.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts'in theseveral figures of the drawings. p

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates the frame, whichcomprises aclosed y bottom, open front and rear sides, and closed ends2, that are braced at the back by a Cross-` strip 3, andprovided attheir upper'ends with a covering plate or strip 4;' and said frame maybe constructed of wood and made in separate pieces kand afterwardjoined, or be 'cast or molded at one operation from metal of a The frontedges of the ends dle 11, secured toa stub projecting from one lend ofthe said lowermost roller outwardly gthrough 'one ofthe said slotsf6.The upperfinest-roller 10 is arranged obliquely with ref- .the meat thatis fed between the said rollers is directed at a downward incline fromthe rear thereof and awaytherefroin Furthermore the lower roller beingin advance of the upper roller forms a'rest for the meat as it is fed tothe rollers. A

To each end 2, at the rear thereof and on the inner side of the same, issecured a straight spring-arm 13, movably litted in a slot 14, thatdiverges toward the upper end thereof that is situated adjacent totheuppermost roller and the free end of said spring-arm loosely engages thestub of the uppermost roller that is fitted in the adjacent slot 6.These spring-arms are arranged at a downward inclination and secured attheir rear ends, and the movement of the sam-e is regu 'lated by posts15, above the same adjacent totheir points of securement; and it will beseen that by the employment of the said posts, the resistance of thespring-arms will be increased without the necessity of employing a heavyand cumbersome device of thecharacter set forth. The object ofthe saidspring-arms isto produce a tension on the uppermost roller 10, and holdthe latter normally in Contact with the lowermost roller9; but when,meat of increased thickness is passing ybetween the rollers, thatresists the action vofthe same, or a bone is encountered,'the saiduppermost roller will rise. or be pressed` away from the lowermostroller against the action of the said spring-arms, and immediatelysuchform of obstruction has passed between the rollers IOO the saidspring-arms will again come'into play land force the uppermost rollerdownwardly yagainst the lowermost roller. It will be obresist parts ofthe meat thatpass-between the` rollers without breaking the latter.

It will be observed that the formation of the slot 14, in which thespring-arms 13 are located, provides for a limitation of the move-- mentof said spring-arms at the free ends of the latter, but said free endsof the slots are large enough to permit all the move-ment necessary forthe said spring-arms to possess. It will also be understood that therollers may be. readily removed fromy the frame when so` desiredto.-cleanse or otherwise manipulate the same, by ysimpl-y removing the postsandy loosening the spring-arms 'so that they may be also detached orraised upwardly out of the way. Furthermore, the arrangement of thesprings within theslots or grooves 14E preven-tsr the. springsfroxnprojecting into and obstructi-ngthe-space between the planes of theends of the frame, which otherwiseiwould inzterferewith the passage ofthe meat through the apparatus.

Each of the rollers 9 and 10, is formed of a series of sections 16, thatcomprises a flange 17, and a toothed rim 18, and these are mount. edl ona. wooden core 19, towhichthe end-caps 20, carrying the stubs, aresecured by screws to holdthe several sections in proper position on thewooden'core; and the toothed rims are so arranged on the two rollersthat they will' revolve in the. planeof the untoothed portion of eachsection so as to prevent entirely cutting the fiber of the meat, but atthe same time tender the same andcause a feed thereof between therollers byreason of the fact that ther rollers revolve inwardly towardeach other, or in reverse directions as will be readilyunderstood. Theuse of the, wooden corev greatly lightens the structure of the rollersand the sections can be replaced at' anytime should they become brokenor otherwise injured.

The fra-me isc arranged to be attached to a 5o tablel or shelf inconvenient position Within the culinary department, and it is obviouslyappa-rent that changes in the formpropor tion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

.Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a meattenderer, the combination of a frame` having oppositely-situated endsprovided with obliquely-arrangedslots, which y incline forwardly towardtheir lower ends a pair of twin co-acti'ng rollers removably fitted in.`said slots and geared together for simultaneous operation, the lowerroller being thus held in advance of the upper roller to facilivtate thefeeding of themeat to the rollers by 1 providing a rest for the meatpreparatory to its engagement by the rollers anda pair of spring-armshaving their free ends bearing 'against the opposite tru-nnionsof theuppermost of said rollers, the direction of pressure of theL spring-armsbeing parallel with the slots, substantially as specified.

2. In a meat ten.derer,.,the combination of a frame havingobliqu-ely-arranged slots in the opposite. ends thereof, saidslotsinclining forwardl7 toward their lower ends, a pair of rollersremovably mounted in said slots whereby the axis of thev uppermost rollis in rear of the vertical plane of the axis` of the lower most roll, `acrank-handle in connection with one of said rollers, and a pair ofspring-'arms having their free v ends. engaging the opposite trunnionsof the uppermost roll, the. said l spring-arms being arranged in slotsor grooves 14D, the'sides of which diverge toward their uppermost endsor toward the trunnions of the rollers, whereby the springs do notproject into nor obstruct the space betweenl the planes of the ends ofthe frame, substantially as. specified.

In testimonythatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH T. OAKES.

Witnesses:

R. T. HEMPHILL, B. F. RosE.

